ITIL 5 Foundation Bridge
(ILFN5B)
This course is designed to bring you up to speed on the enhancements added in the ITIL® (Version 5) Foundation, assuming you have experience/certification in the previous ITIL® 4. This is also a chance to upgrade your current certification to the new Version 5 in only 1 day.
Target Audience
ITIL® 4 certification holders, at any level, who want a quick and easy way to understand the key enhancements in ITIL® (Verson 5) Foundation.
Objectives
After you complete this course you will be able to:
- Define digital product and service management concepts
- Explain value and value co-creation principles
- Distinguish outputs from outcomes
- Describe service offerings and interactions
- Identify key roles in service relationships
- Understand the ITIL® Four Dimensions
- Describe the ITIL® Product and Service Lifecycle
- Recognise governance, AI and continual improvement principles
Prerequisites
You can attend this course if you have:
- Any ITIL® 4 certificate (excluding Cloud / Sustainability).
Recommended prerequisites:
- ILFN4 - ITIL® 4 Foundation - Including Exam
Course Content
- Introduction to ITIL® 5
- Overview of ITIL evolution from earlier versions to ITIL® 5
- Why service management must adapt in the era of AI, cloud, and automation
- Recap of ITIL® 4 core components relevant to the bridge
- Key structural and conceptual updates
- Changes to the value system
- Enhancements to the value chain
- Updated guiding principles and their practical application
- Terminology changes and clarified definitions
- Practice updates and refinements
- Overview of updated practices in ITIL® 5
- Governance and risk considerations in the updated framework
- Continual improvement refinements and performance measurement
- Digital and modern service management alignment
- How ITIL® 5 supports cloud-first and hybrid environments
- Integration with DevOps, automation, and agile ways of working
- Integration with PRINCE2®
- Leveraging data-driven decision making within service management
- Aligning ITIL® 5 with organisational transformation goals
- Applying ITIL® 5 in your organisation
- Impact assessment: transitioning from ITIL® 4 to ITIL® 5
- Managing stakeholder communication and change
- Embedding updated practices into operational workflows
- Preparing teams for certification and adoption
- Bridge exam structure and format
- Question styles and exam techniques
- Knowledge consolidation and instructor-led review

